Apparel-belt.



PATBNTED OCT. 27, 1903..

I M.VSGHBUBR. APPAREL BELT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31,1903.

R0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES MAX SCHEUER, OF

Patented October 27, 1903.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,746, datedApplication filed August 31,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAX SGHEUER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, Manhattan, county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Apparel-Belts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparel-belt which is adapted to bebuttoned to the rear trousers-buttons and may then be drawn together tosecure a tight fit of the trousers overthe hips.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved apparelbelt; Fig. 2, a front View of the tabs, showing the beltexpanded; Fig. 3, a similar view showing the belt contracted; Fig. 4, alongitudinal section on line 4 4, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a cross-section online 5 5, Fig. 2.

The belt is composed, essentially, of two sections a and b, that overlapat the back and are slidable upon one-another. To the end of the leftsection a is rigidly secured a slide a, which loosely embraces the rightsection b. In this way the rear end of sectionb extends along the innerside of section a,rso as to contact with the trousers. This rear end I)of section b has a buttonhole b and constitutes a left tab adapted toengage the left rear trousers-button. To the inner side of slide a isrigidly secured a second or right tab 11, having buttonhole d andadapted to engage the October 2'7, 1903.

Serial No. 171,336. (No model.)

right rear trousers-button. This tab d is socured to the slide by meansof prongs 0', formed at the ends of the latter. At its center the slideis further provided with a double shank c which extends first throughsection a, then through a longitudinal slot 1) of section b, and finallythrough the tab d, against the inner face of which it is upset.

In use the tabs are drawn apart, Fig. 3, and

buttoned to the trousers, and then a pull is exerted on the front of thebelt-sections, so that the tabs Will be drawn together, Fig. 2, and thedistance between the buttonholes b (1 will be correspondinglydiminished. In this way the back of the trousers will be folded and atight fit over the hips will be obtained as soon as the belt is buckled.moving within the slot 19 limits the movement of belt-sections upon oneanother.

What I claim is-- An apparel-belt composed of a first beltsection havinga slot and a buttonhole, a second belt-section, a slide secured to thesecond belt-section and having a shank that engages the slot of thefirst belt-section, and a tab secured to the slide, substantially asspecified. Signed by me at New York city, (Manhat- The shank 0 tan,) NewYork, this 29th day of August, 1903.

MAX SCHEUER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, FRANK v. BRIESEN.

